To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed the entire object, paste this HTML in websiteTo link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed this page, paste this HTML in website

The
BANNER
Vol. XXXI, Issue I
California Baptist College
September 19, 1986
New students: ten-year high
by Doug Hollinger
The largest number of new
students in ten years boosted Cal
Baptist's enrollment over the 650
mark for the fall semester.
Enrollment has remained at 597 the
past two years.
At press time, over 650 students
had enrolled in classes with 626
completing their registration. Final
figures will be available early next
week.
The 276 new students are "the
best class I've seen," said Kent
Dacus, assistant director of admissions. The large body of new
students may offset a disappointing
number of returning students. The
retension figures will be below the
d) □;
d) ni
Light! Home Concert upcoming
Light! will be performing their first home concert Thursday, Sept. 25, at 8 p.m. in the BOL.
Lady Lancers V-ball tonight
The Lady Lancers will travel to Pomona-Pitzer for
tonight's volleyball showdown. Vans to the game and a
postgame beach party will leave from the mailbox near the
residence halls at 6 p.m.
Reception for seniors next week
There will be a senior class reception September 18 in the
A.J. Staples Toom. The event will start at 7 p.m. and
refreshments will be provided.
For more information, contact Michelle Miller, senior class
president.
Senate and class office elections
Elections are being held this month for certain class officer
and Student Senate positions. There will be a candidate
forum Sept. 22 at 9 p.m. in the first floor lounge of
Simmons Hall.
Voting for these positions will take place Sept. 23-24 in the
cafeteria
Yearbook photo makeup dates
There will be yearbook photo makeup days at Sheffler's
Studio, on Wednesday, Oct. 1 and Thursday, Oct. 2.
Everyone, except seniors, should contact the public
information center about their black and white yearbook
pictures. Rides will be available.
Seniors will be contacted by the studio for special color
photo sessions.
average of the past five years,
according to Dacus.
He feels, however, that the
upsurge in new students is a sign of
things to come:
"The tide in the state is turning"
due to the efforts of president
Russell Tuck and a larger recruiting
staff, he said. The improved personal contact between college
recruiters and churches and parents
statewide helps the school's image,
he added:
"People will believe in people."
Both Dacus and Don Hokett,
registrar, expect an enrollment of
650 or less. The overall number of
units being taken, however, is up
25 percent over last fall. This
increase in units may forstall any
needs for budget cuts, although the
current school budget calls for an
enrollment of 660.
The influx of new students has
covered over the problem of
retention, but has created new
problems in the process. The
residence halls are very near full
capacity and many lower division
classes are at overflow levels, some
had 60 or more the first week of
school.
"There is no way in the world we
won't have a bigger new student
population (next year) than this
one," said Dacus. "If the school
isn't ready for students when they
get here, they will leave."
Despite cramped spaces caused by
the increased enrollment this year,
retention problems still plague
CBC. Dacus feels the biggest
problem in keeping returning
students is the high cost of tuition,
a common problem among private
colleges.
The second biggest problems are
poor academics and facilities, he
said. The condition of the campus
and lack of quality facilities "hurt
retention horribly," Dacus said.
"Good facilites alone would keep
20-30 people a year."
New department head,
three others join faculty
In an ongoing effort to upgrade
CBC's academic curriculum, four
full-time and five part-time instructors have been hired for the 1986-87
school year.
Dr. Ed Harvey, Bob Spencer,*
Jeanette Wong and Dr. Stephen
Wyrick are the new full-time instructors.
Harvey comes to Cal Baptist
from Guatire, Mississippi where he
taught at Gulf Coast Junior College.
As the new head of the Science
Department at CBC, Harvey is
teaching Botany and Health and
Hygiene.
Harvey graduated from William
Carey College in Mississippi with
a BA in Biology. He then earned a
Bachelor of Divinity from New
Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He received his Ph.D. in
biology at the University of
Southern Mississippi and did postdoctoral work at Lawrence
Livermore Laboratory.
Spencer comes to CBC as an
assistant professor in business and
government. He previously taught
for eight years in the military; he
was in the Air Force for twenty
years.
Spencer graduated with a B.A. in
Social Science from Chapman
College and earned a master's degree
in public administration from
Auburn University. At Cal Baptist
he's teaching Intro, to Business,
American Government and Personal
Management
Wong, the new assistant professor in music, earned her B.A. in
music from Whittier College and
her MM. and DM.A. from USC.
Before coming to CBC, Wong
was an assistant lecturer in music at
USC. She was also a director of
children's programs at Whittier and
Cerritos Colleges.
Wyrick, a Dallas Baptist College
and Southwestern Seminary graduate, comes to CBC as assistant
professor of religion and both
M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees.
Wyrick is currently teaching Old
Testament Survey and Israel's
Monarchy,
Senior prof
retires after
31 plus years
by Scott Harris
From February of 1955 to the
commencement exercises of last
year, Frances Sharp Jennings has
not only taught English and
religion at Cal Baptist, but she
became an example, a leader and
friend to hundreds of her students.
After 31 and a half years, Cal
Baptist's senior faculty member has
retired; retired from teaching, yes,
but in no way has her love and faith
in the college diminished:
"There's not anything tangible I
can point to in making the decision
to retire. There just comes a time
when you think maybe someone
younger might do a better job.
You grow.a little weary."
Her decision to retire wasn't
planned, however. When school
ended in May, Jennings had every
intention of returning in September, but when it came time to
signing the annual teaching contract
she couldn't do it.
Jennings came to Cal Baptist in
early 1955 in what she thought
would be a temporary position as
English instructor. Several years
later she became a religion instructor. She and her husband, Dr.
George Jennings, worked alongside
one another in the religion department for over 20 years until he
retired from teaching in 1980.
Before coming to Cal Baptist, the
Jennings' were missionaries in
Spain from 1947 to 1952. Despite
the lack of religious freedom in
Spain during the Franco period,
they led church services and
established a Baptist school in
Barcelona.
Once at Cal Baptist, Jennings left
her mark in other ways besides
instructing many of the leading
church leaders throughout the state
and country.
Jennings would like to see a
spirit of sacrifice return to the
school.
"I think students would appreciate'
the school more if they had to
sacrifice more. Character is molded
through sacrifice.
See Jennings, pg« 2

The
BANNER
Vol. XXXI, Issue I
California Baptist College
September 19, 1986
New students: ten-year high
by Doug Hollinger
The largest number of new
students in ten years boosted Cal
Baptist's enrollment over the 650
mark for the fall semester.
Enrollment has remained at 597 the
past two years.
At press time, over 650 students
had enrolled in classes with 626
completing their registration. Final
figures will be available early next
week.
The 276 new students are "the
best class I've seen" said Kent
Dacus, assistant director of admissions. The large body of new
students may offset a disappointing
number of returning students. The
retension figures will be below the
d) □;
d) ni
Light! Home Concert upcoming
Light! will be performing their first home concert Thursday, Sept. 25, at 8 p.m. in the BOL.
Lady Lancers V-ball tonight
The Lady Lancers will travel to Pomona-Pitzer for
tonight's volleyball showdown. Vans to the game and a
postgame beach party will leave from the mailbox near the
residence halls at 6 p.m.
Reception for seniors next week
There will be a senior class reception September 18 in the
A.J. Staples Toom. The event will start at 7 p.m. and
refreshments will be provided.
For more information, contact Michelle Miller, senior class
president.
Senate and class office elections
Elections are being held this month for certain class officer
and Student Senate positions. There will be a candidate
forum Sept. 22 at 9 p.m. in the first floor lounge of
Simmons Hall.
Voting for these positions will take place Sept. 23-24 in the
cafeteria
Yearbook photo makeup dates
There will be yearbook photo makeup days at Sheffler's
Studio, on Wednesday, Oct. 1 and Thursday, Oct. 2.
Everyone, except seniors, should contact the public
information center about their black and white yearbook
pictures. Rides will be available.
Seniors will be contacted by the studio for special color
photo sessions.
average of the past five years,
according to Dacus.
He feels, however, that the
upsurge in new students is a sign of
things to come:
"The tide in the state is turning"
due to the efforts of president
Russell Tuck and a larger recruiting
staff, he said. The improved personal contact between college
recruiters and churches and parents
statewide helps the school's image,
he added:
"People will believe in people."
Both Dacus and Don Hokett,
registrar, expect an enrollment of
650 or less. The overall number of
units being taken, however, is up
25 percent over last fall. This
increase in units may forstall any
needs for budget cuts, although the
current school budget calls for an
enrollment of 660.
The influx of new students has
covered over the problem of
retention, but has created new
problems in the process. The
residence halls are very near full
capacity and many lower division
classes are at overflow levels, some
had 60 or more the first week of
school.
"There is no way in the world we
won't have a bigger new student
population (next year) than this
one" said Dacus. "If the school
isn't ready for students when they
get here, they will leave."
Despite cramped spaces caused by
the increased enrollment this year,
retention problems still plague
CBC. Dacus feels the biggest
problem in keeping returning
students is the high cost of tuition,
a common problem among private
colleges.
The second biggest problems are
poor academics and facilities, he
said. The condition of the campus
and lack of quality facilities "hurt
retention horribly" Dacus said.
"Good facilites alone would keep
20-30 people a year."
New department head,
three others join faculty
In an ongoing effort to upgrade
CBC's academic curriculum, four
full-time and five part-time instructors have been hired for the 1986-87
school year.
Dr. Ed Harvey, Bob Spencer,*
Jeanette Wong and Dr. Stephen
Wyrick are the new full-time instructors.
Harvey comes to Cal Baptist
from Guatire, Mississippi where he
taught at Gulf Coast Junior College.
As the new head of the Science
Department at CBC, Harvey is
teaching Botany and Health and
Hygiene.
Harvey graduated from William
Carey College in Mississippi with
a BA in Biology. He then earned a
Bachelor of Divinity from New
Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He received his Ph.D. in
biology at the University of
Southern Mississippi and did postdoctoral work at Lawrence
Livermore Laboratory.
Spencer comes to CBC as an
assistant professor in business and
government. He previously taught
for eight years in the military; he
was in the Air Force for twenty
years.
Spencer graduated with a B.A. in
Social Science from Chapman
College and earned a master's degree
in public administration from
Auburn University. At Cal Baptist
he's teaching Intro, to Business,
American Government and Personal
Management
Wong, the new assistant professor in music, earned her B.A. in
music from Whittier College and
her MM. and DM.A. from USC.
Before coming to CBC, Wong
was an assistant lecturer in music at
USC. She was also a director of
children's programs at Whittier and
Cerritos Colleges.
Wyrick, a Dallas Baptist College
and Southwestern Seminary graduate, comes to CBC as assistant
professor of religion and both
M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees.
Wyrick is currently teaching Old
Testament Survey and Israel's
Monarchy,
Senior prof
retires after
31 plus years
by Scott Harris
From February of 1955 to the
commencement exercises of last
year, Frances Sharp Jennings has
not only taught English and
religion at Cal Baptist, but she
became an example, a leader and
friend to hundreds of her students.
After 31 and a half years, Cal
Baptist's senior faculty member has
retired; retired from teaching, yes,
but in no way has her love and faith
in the college diminished:
"There's not anything tangible I
can point to in making the decision
to retire. There just comes a time
when you think maybe someone
younger might do a better job.
You grow.a little weary."
Her decision to retire wasn't
planned, however. When school
ended in May, Jennings had every
intention of returning in September, but when it came time to
signing the annual teaching contract
she couldn't do it.
Jennings came to Cal Baptist in
early 1955 in what she thought
would be a temporary position as
English instructor. Several years
later she became a religion instructor. She and her husband, Dr.
George Jennings, worked alongside
one another in the religion department for over 20 years until he
retired from teaching in 1980.
Before coming to Cal Baptist, the
Jennings' were missionaries in
Spain from 1947 to 1952. Despite
the lack of religious freedom in
Spain during the Franco period,
they led church services and
established a Baptist school in
Barcelona.
Once at Cal Baptist, Jennings left
her mark in other ways besides
instructing many of the leading
church leaders throughout the state
and country.
Jennings would like to see a
spirit of sacrifice return to the
school.
"I think students would appreciate'
the school more if they had to
sacrifice more. Character is molded
through sacrifice.
See Jennings, pg« 2